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available August 5 2016, call-off July 22nd

AUGUST 5

RELEASE DATE 5TH AUGUST 2016

Sir John TAVENER: Missa Wellensis Wells Cathedral Choir

Wells Cathedral Choir under Matthew Owens explore and celebrate their long standing relationship with the late British composer Sir John Tavener (1944-2013), in a new programme centred around his 'Missa Wellensis'.

The disc features several world-premiere recordings of works commissioned especially for the choir, including his 'Preces and Responses' and 'They are all gone into the world of light'.

Label: Signum Classics File Under: Classical/Choral Catalogue No: SIGCD442 Barcode: 635212044223 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Matthew Owens, Wells Cathedral Choir

Missa Wellensis: 1 Kyrie, 2 Gloria, 3 Sanctus and Benedictus, 4 Agnus Dei 5 The Lord’s Prayer (1986) 6 Love bade me welcome 7 Preces and Responses (Part One) 8 Psalm 121 9 Magnificat and Nunc dimittis ‘Collegium Regale’ 10 Preces and Responses (Part Two) 11 Song for Athene 12 Prayer for the healing of the sick 13 They are all gone into the world of light

RELEASE DATE 5TH AUGUST 2016

String Idylls WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll, SCHOENBERG: Verklärte Nacht, MAHLER: Sinfonie No. 10, Adagio, BERG: Lyric Suite, Adagio Appassionato A large string ensemble was the most expressive vehicle for German composers from Wagner to Berg. Used both to narrate and set the scene in operas without words, it may feel somewhat over-sentimental today. This novel line-up, with its clearly operatic feel, has entrancing, even exalting moments despite its morbid undertones. Lovely programming.

1 Wagner: Siegfried Idyll orchestral version, recorded live in Hollywood 27/2/1959, Columbia Symphony Orchestra/Bruno Walter 2-6 Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht version for string orchestra, recorded Leipzig 1965 7 Mahler: Sinfonie No. 10, recorded Leipzig September 1964 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/George Sebastian 8 Berg: Lyric Suite arranged for string orchestra, recorded in New York, June 1961 Columbia Symphony Orchestra/Robert Craft

Label: Praga Digitals File Under: Classical/Orchestral Catalogue No: PRD250344 Barcode: 3149028095326 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Columbia Symphony Orchestra/Bruno Walter Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/George Sebastian Columbia Symphony Orchestra/Robert Craft

RELEASE DATE 5TH AUGUST 2016

BEETHOVEN: Symphony 4 Op. 60, SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony 10 Op. 93 Mravinsky in Prague

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Yevgeny Mravinsky Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony is 50 minutes of tragedy, despair, terror, and violence and three minutes of triumph.

Premiered in 1953, the best performance is still that conducted by Mravinsky.

Yevgeny Mravinsky's June 3, 1955, performance with the Leningrad Philharmonic of Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 is just as great. Mravinsky was the best Soviet conductor and his passionate precision and intense interpretations were as valid for Beethoven as they were for Shostakovich. His interpretations can be hard-driven and sharp-edged, but no one could object to the lucid strength and linear lyricism he brings to the work.

Label: Praga Digitals File Under: Classical/Orchestral Catalogue No: DSD350115 Barcode: 3149028038828 NORMAL Price Format: 1 hybrid SACD Packaging: cristal Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Yevgeny Mravinsky

Beethoven: Prague live recording, 3/6/1955 Smetana Hall [previously issued as PRD256004] Shostakovich: Prague Live recording 3/6/1955 Smetana Hall [previously issued as PRD250053]

RELEASE DATE 5TH AUGUST 2016

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 15 Op.141, Suite to words by Michelangelo Op.145a, Novorossiisk Chimes Op. 111b Three Last Works

Label: Praga Digitals File Under: Classical/Orchestral Catalogue No: PRD250334 Barcode: 3149028083323 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Eduard Serov Sergei Kopcak [bass] Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra/Frantisek Vajnar Radio-TV USSR Symphony/Arvid Jansons

Ever the humorist, Shostakovich delighted in placing references to his works and of other composers in his final, Fifteenth Symphony: in addition to the cryptic references to his own music, it includes an outburst of Rossini's 'William Tell' Overture in the first movement; allusions to Mikhail Glinka and Gustav Mahler; and the use of Richard Wagner's 'Fate' leitmotif from the Ring Cycle.

There is little humour however in the orchestral version of the 'Michelangelo Suite': a cycle profoundly personal and deeply felt.

'Novorossiisk Chimes' (also known as The Flame of Eternal Glory or The Fire of Eternal Glory), Op. 111b, was written in 1960 for the war memorial in the city of Novorossiisk. The piece consists, mainly, of material Shostakovich had originally written in 1943 as an entry in a contest to compose a new national anthem for the USSR. The opening phrases have also been used as introductory music for Moscow Radio's late-night news program CKACWH. 1-4 Symphony live, Prague 29/11/1979 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Eduard Serov 5-12 Suite live, Prague May 1980 Sergei Kopcak [bass], Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra/Frantisek Vajnar 13 Novorossiisk Chimes, Novorossiisk, 27/9/1960 Radio-TV USSR Symphony/Arvid Jansons

RELEASE DATE 5TH AUGUST 2016

Patchwork

'Patchwork' is a chance to join Eastern European composers of the 20th century in Sonatas for flute & piano from Prokofiev, Enescu, Schulhoff and Muczynski. Their vibrant musics are made up of dancing & scintillating rhythms.

Brazilian flautist Raquele MagalhĂŁes studied with Alain Marion, Philippe Bernold and Philippe Pierlot. She was named Principal Flute at the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra (2005-07) and at the Paris National Conservatory Prize Winners Orchestra (2002-05). She has been working with Myung Whun Chung, Zsolt Nagy, Yo-Yo Ma, Josep Pons, Ilan Volkov, Lionel Bringuier.

Label: Evidence Classics File Under: Classical/Instrumental Catalogue No: EVCD025 Barcode: 3149028093223 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Raquele Magalhaes [flute] Sanja Bizjak [piano]

1 ENESCU: Cantabile et Presto 2-5 SCHULHOFF: Flute Sonata 6-9 PROKOFIEV: Flute Sonata Op. 94 10-13 MUCZYNSKI: Flute Sonata Op. 14